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Aiden's Planted Journey

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Hi everyone. I'm sure some of you have seen my threads regarding setting up my first high tech planted tank. Well the process began today so I thought I would start my journal detailing the development.

I recently saw a technique for growing carpet plants emersed and since I won't be setting up the tank for a few weeks I decided to give this technique a try.
You basically use a propagator with some compost to grow the plants.
My test plants are:
Dwarf Hairgrass
Micro Ranalisma Rostrata

Hooray, a new journal! I'm not a live plant person, but I love your experiment with the immersed plants. Should be a stunning tank with that stocking list. Also, making your substrate deeper in back will make the whole tank look deeper, front to back.

I wouldn't be too surprised if the Micro Ranalisma Rostata does really well in this experiment as it has grown quite well in low light etc. Meanwhile I didn't even know I had dwarf hair grass in the current tank. I planted it ages ago and it just dissapeared. I managed to get about 8 tiny portions so hopefully it does well.

If the hair grass does well I may swapped it for HC as that's the carpet plant I ultimately want to use.